📚 3 Books mentioned in "My First Million - 05/05/2020" of My First Million
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Hackers & Painters
Buy Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham on Amazon
by the way there's a you know there's probably like 10 blog posts that matter the most If you're gonna do a start-up One of them is the Paul Graham essay Do things that don't scale where he's talking about with Airbnb early on and if you're kind of in the startup world just fast forward 30 seconds But if you're not you'll like the story if you haven't heard it
One of the hosts mentions Paul Graham's essay 'Do Things That Don't Scale' as a key resource for startups, relating it to the early days of Airbnb.
Influence, New and Expanded
Buy Influence, New and Expanded by Robert B. Cialdini, PhD on Amazon
So another thing I would do to run this company is I would go to is it it was a book called influence by Robert Chow Dini He's got this thing called the rule of reciprocity It's summed up in basically I can do a favor for Shaun and he's gonna do a favor back to me even if he didn't ask for me to do him a favor And it is likely that he will repay me back in a disproportionate amount
One host mentions the book 'Influence' by Robert Cialdini and its concept of the rule of reciprocity in the context of a business idea about B2B gifting.
The Mom Test
Buy The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick on Amazon
Just to wrap that up If you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called the mom test yeah I love that a jack recommended me that book yep It's fantastic It's the best tiny book to like a long blog post 50 pages In terms of your business life might change yeah the mom test
One host recommends 'The Mom Test' as the best book for understanding how to conduct customer interviews, noting its brevity and impact.